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THE
HOUSE
QE
HAZARDS
by Mac Arthur
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM OFFICE OF
THE COUNTY AGENT
4-H MEMBERS TO
COMPETE IN HOME
GROUNDS CONTEST—
County Agent J. E. Leger said
this week that 4-H club members
will again compete for county, state,
and national awards in a contest de
signed to beautify home grounds.
The beautification contest, ac
cording to Mr. Leger, is open to all
bona fide 4-H members between 15
and 21 years of age. Contestants
must have completed three years of
club work including the current year,
and must not have enrolled in any
college previous to the 1940 school
term.
Winners will be selected on the
basis of general improvement in
beautifying the home, drawings show
ing improvements made or anticipat
ed, general 4-H club record, and a
500-word story on landscape work.
County winners will receive gold
medals, the agent pointed out. A
standard 17-jewel watch will go to
the state winner who will compete
for one of six free trips to the Na
tional 4-H Club Congress in Chicago
next fall.
The home beautification contest
will end on October 15 of this year
and winners will be announced a
short time later. The contest is
sponsored by Mrs. Charles R. Wal
green, of Chicago, in cooperation
with the National Committee on
Boys and Girls Club work and the
Extension’s Landscape and 4-H Club
Departments.
NEWS ITEM—
One of the most important steps
in building a better farm program
anywhere is a bigger and better
home food supply.
A garden is one of the most im
portant things in accomplishing this.
What we need in Georgia is gar
dens twelve months in the year in
stead of twelve weeks in the year.
While planting your spring garden
also be planning a summer, fall and
winter garden. Some vegetable crop
can be planted in every section of
the state every month in the year. A
planting schedule for the convenience
of every gardner has been worked
out for each section of the state. Call
on your County Agent for this.
There is no argument about the
profit in a good home garden. Your
efforts in the garden will be reward
ed, not only this year but in future
years in he.alth and happiness to your
family.
Even insects know the value of
fresh vegetables in the diet.
Do you value your garden more
than the insects do? If so, “kill the
insects.”
NOW IS THE TIME
TO KILL FLIES,
SAYS FARM AGENT—
The best way to get rid of flies
is to kill them before they hatch,
says County Agent J. E. Leger. And
right now is the best time to do some
effective work toward controlling
these pests.
“The three kinds of flies that es- |
pecially affect the dairy farmer are
the stable fly, the horn fly, and the i
common house fly,” the agent points
out. “The first two are ‘biting flies’
that cause untold irritation to the
milking herd. This condition, of
course, causes much loss in milk and
even in flesh of the cows, and often
contribute to the summer slump in
milk production.
“House flies do not bite but are
filthy and contaminate everything
they touch in the dairy and in the
home,” he continued. “It is almost
impossible to accurately estimate the
annual damage caused by flies—loss
in human health and loss of milk in
dairy herds.”
Flies can be so controlled that they
will not eat up much of the dairy
profts, Mr. Leger says. He states
that effective control of flies begins
with the first warm days in the
spring. Flies breed in filth so if the
breeding places can be removed early
in the spring, the fight against flies
is more than half won.
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“The stable fly and the house fly
breed in manure in the barn or lot
or in many cases in piles of rotten
straw, spoiled silage or other ma
terial where moisture and warmth
are present. A little time spent in
a real clean up of such material will
do more good in fly control than all
the sprays, fly traps or poison bait
that can be used in the summer. Os
course, it is necessary to keep these
breeding places cleaned up all sum
mer.”
PENNSYLVANIA HOUSEWIVES
CAN GEORGIA PEACHES—
Recently while traveling by train
through the famous Georgia peach
belt, I fell into conversation with a
couple from Pennsylvania. Peach
trees were in full bloom. The peach
orchards were very beautiful and in
the course of time our conversation
turned to peaches. “We are very
much interested in the Georgia
peach crop,” remarked one of the
parties. “We secure our peaches
for homecanning from the Georgia
crop.” She then explained how the
peaches were received in carloads by
the fruit houses and sold to the
housewives who canned them for
home use.
I was very much interested in this,
since a recent survey shows that
such a large number of people here
in the South do not can any peaches,
or, for that matter, any other fruit
or vegetables.
While in Kentucky last summer, I
found the people there watching for
the peach trucks. I knew two fam
ilies that bought five bushels of
peaches, a large part of which were
canned.
I spent the last days of March
on a farm in Kentucky. While there
I was served some of those nice,
rich pumpkin custards. I mean the
kind you read about but seldom see.
I was informed that the pumpkins
I had been canned last fall. While
there I was given a chance to visit
the fruit house, and was surprised
at the variety of fruits and vegeta
bles I found canned. Apples had
been converted into jelly, apple but
ter and apple sauce. Peaches, pears
and berries had been prepared in
various ways. In addition, there was
a host of vegetables of many kinds.
On one side of the house was a host
of empty jars which showed that the
canned products were not intended
for display only.
If it is practical for the people in
Pennsylvania and Kentucky to can
for home use, even to the extent of
buying our Georgia peaches and
canning them, it might be well for
our own people to pay more atten
tion to home canning.
“WIMPY” IS A “SISSY”
Popeye’s man Wimpy with the
bottomless stomach was shown up In
Elberton last Saturday, according to
Mack Beasley, lunch counter at
tendant. A customer calmly walked
in and ordered five hamburgers “all
the way.” He downed them. Five
more. Five more. And still five
more. After wrapping himself
around the twenty ’burgers and us
ing several bottles of pop as a
lubricant, he decided enough was
enough. The Greeks had a word for
it: drastic-gastric.—Elberton Star.
FOR SALE Several hundred
bushels of corn. W. H. ROBERTS,
Donalsonville, Ga. 11-2 t
Cut Flowers—the perfect gift. Se
lect yours now. MRS. MURDOCK’S
FLOWER SHOP.
BLAKELY CHAPTER NO. 282
ORDER EASTERN STAR
Holds regular meeting nights ev
ery second and fourth Thursday
nights, 7:30 o’clock p. m.
MRS. CLEO GRUBBS,
Worthy Matron.
MRS. WILLINE HALL,
Secretary.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
SIX-INCH
S-E-R-M-O-N
By REV. ROBERT
H. HARPER
HOSEA TELLS OF GOD’S
FORGIVING LOVE
Lesson for Apr. 14: Hosea 6:1-7,
14:4-9
Golden Text: 1 John 1:9
When a general, who had served
in the federal army, was censured
because he received his erring wife
back to his home, he said he knew of
no law of God or man that made it a
heinous thing for a man to forgive a
woman. Twenty-seven centuries be
fore, Hosea had forgiven faithless
Gomer and read in his own tragic
experience a parable of Israel’s
apostasy and God’s forgiving love.
Many references in his prophecy
indicate that Hosea was a native of
the Northern Kingdom. A young con
temporary of Amos and older con
temporary of Isaiah and Micah, he
probably began his ministry the
middle of the Bth century, B. C. He
labored during the reigns of several
kings of Judah and Israel but the
conditions he denounced were great
ly aggravated in the turbulent pe
riod that followed the death of
Jeroboam 11.
His denunciation of existing evils
was similar to that of Amos, but the
latter emphasized the justice of God
while Hosea emphasized the divine
love.
The first section of the lesson
text deals with a backsliding people
who were warned that they could
not gain favor in mere religious ob
servances. The second section pre
sents a beautiful picture of God’s
grace under the figure of the spring
time. Springtime will come again
to every soul that turns to God.
If the tragic picture of evil con
ditions in Hosea’s time seems
strangely modern, let us know that
bad things of the present are of
fensive unto God and that our peo
ple must first return unto him if
they would make things better. And
surely the man who returns from
the sorrow and tragedy of the years
to the Father’s house will be for
given.
WHITE POND NEWS
Miss Nadine Mitchell, of Damas
cus, spent the week end with Miss
Johnnie Mae Prince.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Willis visited
Saturday night and Sunday with
Mrs. Willis’s mother and her broth
er and family at Springfield.
Mrs. Julius Busby, formerly Miss
Alma Jones, was honored by a show
er Friday afternoon, given by Mrs.
Albert Jones. Many attended and
brought useful gifts. Refreshments
were served.
Miss Mary Jane Prince left Sun
day for Columbus, where she will
begin work with the Ne-Hi Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Willis and
Mr. C. B. Lane spent Sunday in
Arlington.
Miss Ollie Lewis, of Dothan, vis
ited the past week end with her
mother, Mrs. Alice Lewis, and family.
Mrs. E. C. McDowell spent Thurs
day in Damascus visiting her sister,
Mrs. Christine Cheshire.
Friends will be to learn that
Mrs. C. C. Willis is much improved
after an illness of several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Williamson
and little daughter, Bobbie, visited a
short while Sunday afternoon with
Mrs. Alice Lewis and family.
There will be preaching services
the third Sunday of this month. We
wish to extend an invitation to all
who will to attend. Services will be
in charge of Mr. Claud Burton, of
Hampton, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Jones spent
Sunday here with relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Willis and
Miss Pearl Willis attended a peanut
shelling Tuesday afternoon in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Amos
of Springfield.
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